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Paragraph: Set the style of your text. For example, make a header or plain paragraph text. You can also use it to offset block quotes.

A : Highlight your text, then click here to format it with bold, italics, etc. The “More” options allows you to underline (U), cross-out text ( S ), add code snippets ( { } ), change language keyboards (Aあ), and clear all formatting ( ⃠ ).

Links: Highlight text and push this button to make it a link. The Visual Editor will automatically suggest related Wikipedia articles for that word or phrase. This is a great way to connect your article to more Wikipedia content. You only have to link important words once, usually during the first time they appear. If you want to link to pages outside of Wikipedia (for an “external links” section, for example) click on the “External link” tab.

Cite: The citation tool in the Visual Editor helps format your citations. You can simply paste a DOI or URL, and the Visual Editor will try to sort out all of the fields you need. Be sure to review it, however, and apply missing fields manually (if you know them). You can also add books, journals, news, and websites manually. That opens up a quick guide for inputting your citations. Once you've added a source, you can click the “re-use” tab to cite it again.

Bullets: To add bullet points or a numbered list, click here.

Insert: This tab lets you add media, images, or tables.

Ω: This tab allows you to add special characters, such as those found in non-English words, scientific notation, and a handful of language extensions.

Gender Studies Project:

Gender expression is typically reliant upon how you present yourself to the public, whether that be extremely masculine, feminine, or somewhere in between. A study conducted in 2006 analyzed the experiences of transgender youth to find out more about their experiences with gender expression. Those conducting the study received input from 31 transgender youth. The participants were asked to describe whether or not a series of statements pertaining to their gender expression applied to them when they were age 13 or younger. These statements consisted of wanting to be born the opposite sex, wearing clothing of the opposite sex, and describing themselves as more masculine, feminine, or androgynous (combination of masculine and feminine characteristics). They also asked about whether or not participants in the study planned to or already had taken hormones or had a surgical procedure to change parts of their bodies. All of these statements pertain to how gender expression can be evaluated on an individual basis.

A common tool for evaluating gender expression previous to the 1970s was called the Masculinity-Femininity Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). This test was created to assess whether an individual exhibited more masculine or feminine traits. Individuals were asked a series of true and false questions to determine where they stood on the scale of masculinity and femininity. However, the vast majority of the questions contained very stereotypical definitions of masculinity and femininity. With the wave of feminism throughout the United States in the 1970s, a new inventory was created, called the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI). The BSRI is a test in which an individual reports their personality traits and characteristics of themselves and the test then returns a score of how feminine, masculine, or androgynous you are. A study conducted with college students between 1993 and 2012 shows the change in male and female scores on the BSRI. The study showed that women’s femininity scores decreased significantly, whereas their masculinity scores remained relatively the same. Additionally, men’s and women’s scores have become increasingly similar throughout the years. Some criticisms of the BSRI are that personality traits may not correspond to an individual’s actual behavior and that there is a lack of cultural sensitivity in the test questions.